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I'll be surprised if Sky doesn't eventually get fed up with FFP. They love their record breaking windows. They're already saying this is going to be a quiet window and a number of clubs are affected by FFP. At this rate it won't be long before the Transfer Show is down to 15 minutes twice a week.

Mandy should invite some gullible cunt to a dinner party or something and casually chat about how awfully silly it is that a rich owner can't even spend his own money, and it couldn't possibly stand up in court, and will you have another Mouton Rothschild? Wear a dress with lots of tit hanging out so the message is somewhat subliminal. Hopefully the dipstick would be on the 'phone to his lawyers on the way home. There's a guy called Todd who'd seem the ideal candidate.

Exactly right. Checks were being called for because a significant number of decisions were wildly wrong, not because the telly revealed that someone's knee was slightly beyond the defender's heel. What we have now is a classic example of technology being used because it's available, rather than needed or wanted. It's like when instant replays were first introduced, the BBC used to waste about 30 seconds of GP highlights showing a Renault turbo cruising past a Cosworth on the straight in slo-mo! But at least that didn't affect the actual racing. Personally I'm not too bothered what the actual law is, although I would very much favour a simplification as you say. We still need checks to cut out egregious errors, but they must be really quick. That would inevitably reintroduce an element of doubt, which is absolutely fine with me as long as the benefit of it is given to the attacker.

The thing is, the 'daylight' thing wasn't an application of the law, it was an instruction to linesmen because so many players were being flagged offside who were not. When a ball was played from deep there were occasions when a player was flagged who was a full 2 yards onside when the ball was played! We don't want to go back to that. Of course there were offside goals that were allowed to stand, but the opposite was far more common, hence the 'daylight' instruction. I favour the retention of VAR for offside, but just let the VAR have a very brief look and if the attacker looks more or less level then call him level. If he's actually a few inches beyond the defender so fucking what? Edit. I mean if the bulk of his body is level with the defender's body, he's level.

It's been that way a long time. Most memorable example nationally was Des Walker in the WC qualifier against Holland, and the Sun headline 'We Wuz Robbed'. We wuzn't robbed, it's how advantage is supposed to work. Edit. In fact my recollection is that it's always been that way. Might be wrong though.

Yeah, my jaw dropped at that. ?

You must be close to faves for the biggie the way you've hit form the last few weeks.

Totally agree with this. It has to be remembered that the clamour for video replays years ago wasn't because officiating wasn't quite perfect - it was because so many games were being decided by refereeing mistakes rather than the actual football. But the thinking was that it would be quick and easy to correct balls ups based on seeing within seconds on Sky what the decision should have been. I don't think anyone envisaged the cumbersome shambles we have at the mo'.

Not having VAR is fine when you win. If you lose purely due to a couple of blatantly incorrect decisions it's not so great, like.

RTG prediction. It's still 6 in a row because this was the cup and we're in different divisions, so it doesn't count.

? Let's hope it continues to prove worthwhile!

If it's a foul and it continues into the area it's a pen. It's the perfect illustration of the advantage rule.

No lines. Five seconds for VAR to look at a still picture (across the whole width of the pitch so they can't miss a defender near the touchline). If it's not absolutely clear within five seconds that the player is offside, the play stands.

? Yeah, but imposing spending restrictions is extremely shortsighted if you ever intend to sell the club. It makes a purchase pointless for anyone like Roman A.

What I don't understand is why other clubs' owners don't get this. They're supposed to be businessmen. By voting for FFP & FMV measures they're effectively devaluing their own clubs. Unless they think they're going to own them forever, like.

Kinda funny that pushing SD into the Asian market was Fat Mike's reason for buying the club. ?

Nah, it's not right that that goal's allowed. Arsenal need help.

That is the one thing I miss from the Fat Mike years. ?

Call them the Harddoneby Globetrotters.

Mudryk's hair man. Wonder what he asks his barber for? 'Give me an SS-Untersturmführer please '.

Yeah. ? I guess all you can say in his defence is that the guy who put it in the net was nearest to being onside.

How stupid are professional footballers? Three of them offside.

Actually, I'd like Arsenal to win due to a clearly incorrect decision so he could be asked if they're getting enough 'help'.

Is not a goal, for many reasons.

They've..... got..... Grumio in the middle........